Events

Concerts, Artist events, Discussions, Poetry etc.
Fri May 3rd at 7 PM

Concert in the Cellar Gallery

Ville Leinonen | V.Härkönen

Concerts by two singer-songwriters will be heard in the basement of Laterna Magica on May 3rd at 7 p.m. Tickets €10 from Laterna Magica before the start of the gig. Doors at 6:30 p.m., concert at 7 p.m.
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May 16th, at 6 PM

Evening filled with art

Drink&Collage - May 2024 workshop at the gallery

Drink&Collage is an evening where you get to know the world of collage art by making it yourself. Participants' fee 35 € to be paid at the gallery at the start of the workshop. Sign up now!
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Past events

Fri Apri 19th at 7 PM

Concert in the Cellar Gallery

Jean Ramsay | Tollund Trio

Jean Ramsay, a multi-tasker in the cultural field plays English-language folk in singer-songwriter tradition. To the concert in Laterna Magica's Cellar gallery he brings a selection of fresh material performed solo, and in the second half of Laterna's concert, he will be joined by members of the musical collective Tollundin Pelimannit ,violinist Paula Susitaival and bassist Jaakko Kyrö. Tickets 10 €. Doors at 6.30 PM. Gig starts at 7 p.m.
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Tuesday April 9th, 5-7 PM

Laterna Magica turns 35

The opening of the festive exhibitions will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 9. from 5 to 7 p.m. The anniversary poem is recited by poet Petra Vallila and the celebration songs are provided by Loiriplukari.
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Tuesday March 5, at 6 PM

Evening filled with art

Drink&Collage - March 2024 workshop at the gallery

Drink&Collage is an evening where you get to know the world of collage art by making it yourself. Participants' fee 35 € to be paid at the gallery at the start of the workshop. Group is fully booked.
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Fri February 16th at 6 PM

Concert

Jonas Metsäkylä solo

Jonas Metsäkylä is a jazz guitarist from Helsinki who, in addition to the bands he leads, Jonas Metsäkylä Trio and Skogby Quintet, is known as a solo guitarist and for his work with Chuck Israels last spring. Jonas studies at the Sibelius Academy's jazz department.He has studied the solo guitar tradition and made his own synthesis of it with his lead stars guitarist Joe Pass on his "Virtuoso" albums and underground guitar legend Ted Greene.Tickets €5.
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Sat January 27 from 1 to 3 PM

Meet the Artists at the gallery

Jarmo Koponen | Jaana Kivi

Meet the Artists Jarmo Koponen and Jaana Kivi in the galleries on the last day of the exhibitions on Saturday January 27 from 1 PM to 3 PM.
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Sat December 16th from 12-15

Glögg at the gallery

Come join us for some glögg and ginger bread at the gallery on Saturday Dec 16th from 12 PM until 3 PM. DJ Old Crank provides the tunes with his gramophone from 1-3 PM. Warm welcome!
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Tue December 5th, 5-7 PM

Two exhibition openings at the gallery

Sanna Johansson's photographs | Reijo Porkka in Memoriam

Welcome to two exhibition openings at the gallery on Tuesday Dec 5th from 5-7 PM. In our Book Gallery space of Reijo Porkka in Memoriam, an exhibition of Reijo Porkka's (1947-2013) photography. INn Laterna Magica's Tile and Cellar gallery opens Sanna Johnansson's photography exhibition Maisemasta. Both exhibitions are on view until Jan 6th 2024. Please note that the gallery is closed on Independence day December 6th and around Christmas Dec 24-26 and also around New Year's Dec 31-Jan 1.
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Thursday September 7th at 6 PM

Evening filled with art

Drink&Collage - October 2023 workshop at the gallery

Drink&Collage is an evening where you get to know the world of collage art by making it yourself. Participants' fee 35 € to be paid at the gallery at the start of the workshop. Group is now fully booked.
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Tuesday October 3, from 5-7 PM

Ehxibition openings

Tero Makkonen, Tini Sauvo, Esa Lindroos | Tiina Eräpuu

Welcome to two exhibition openings on Tuesday October 3rd 5-7 PM. In our Tile Gallery Tero Makkonen's mystical night time views can be seen in the photo exhibition Lepäävä kuu. Tini Sauvo's glimmering textile works glow in the Cellar gallery, with the theme Firmamento, celestial sphere. Spaces and artworks are connected by the sound world created by Esa Lindroos. In our Book Gallery space Tiina Eräpuu’s exhibition Verhot auki consists of drawings, prints and artist books. Both exhibitions are open until October 21st, 2023.
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Thursday September 7th at 6 PM

Evening filled with art

Drink&Collage - first workshop of the autumn at the gallery

Drink&Collage is an evening where you get to know the world of collage art by making it yourself. Participants' fee 35 € to be paid at the gallery at the start of the workshop. Sign up now!
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Aug 22nd, 6 PM

Josefiina Vannesluoma, Kenneth Jimenez ja Livia Schweizer

‍“While you’re lonely” - A night of improvised music

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Thursday August 17th from 5PM

An evening filled with art and music

Night of the Arts 2023

Welcome to the Night of the Arts at Laterna Magica! We have two exhibition openings from 5 PM. In our Tile and Cellar Galleries Kenneth Jimenez's Verolís and Roberto Murilloa Arias' Things I Want You to Remember, photography from Costa Rica. In our Book Gallery Pekka Aino, Erkki Peltomaa and Hannu Peltomaa: Perforated Hide- snapshots by Finnish film-makers in the 1970s and 1980s. After 7.30 PM, two live gigs, first Muovi Makkonen and at around 8.30 PM Sörnäinen, acoustic!
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Tuesday July 18th at 6 PM

Evening filled with art

Drink&Collage - July workshop at the gallery with guest Petra Giacomelli

Drink&Collage is an evening where you get to know the world of collage art by making it yourself. In our summer workshop we have a special guest with us: artist Petra Giacomelli, whose exhibition Heinäkuun yö - July Night in Laterna Magica's cellar galleries consists of collage paintings on paper and canvas, artist books, beeswax sculptures and a musical videowork. We get to hear about her work methods before the start of the workshop. Participants' fee 35 € to be paid at the gallery at the start of the workshop. Sign up now!
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Tuesday June 27, 5-7 PM

Exhibition openings

Petra Giacomelli and Sami Rinne

Welcome to exhibition openings on Tuesday June 27th from 5-7 PM. Opening in the Tile and Cellar galleries Petra Giacomelli's ”Heinäkuun Yö - A July Night" is an exhibition inspired by a surrealist short story written by Bruno Schultz (1892-1942). The exhibition consists of collage paintings on paper and canvas, artist books, beeswax sculptures and a musical videowork. In our Book Gallery we have ceramic sculptures in Sami Rinne's exhibition Ote yksisarvisten elämästä - A Glimpse into the lives of the unicorns, which depicts the joys and sorrows in the lives of the unicorns.
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Sat June 17th from 1-3 PM

Meet the artists at the gallery

Ville Pirinen and Paula Haapalahti

Meet the artists at the gallery on the last day of the exhibitions. In Laterna Magica's Tile and Cellar galleries: Ville Pirinen's exhibition and sound world Brush pen on paper. In our Book Gallery Paula Haapalahti's photography exhibition Square #65 - Välitila - The Space between.
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